March/April 2008 - Ahmadiyya Gazette Canada

world to the One God, indeed, they
surely await a ‘bloody’ Mahdi who
would spread faith with the use
of force, a Mahdi who will never
come.
Huzur said, you, on the other
hand are a small community
but it is your pledge and your
objective to take Islam to the ends
of the earth. Today many African
countries are being represented at
teachings of Islam –that the world
had forgotten– before the world
once again. When we Ahmadis
make such a huge claim then it is
our utmost obligation that we turn
to God and pray to Him and indeed
the most excellent way to pray to
Him is by offering Salat. It is our
Salat and prayers that will grant us
success. Otherwise, Huzur said, as
he had said before, we do not have
food to eat. The power that made
them victorious were the prayers
of the Holy Prophet sa that Allah
accepted and granted victory.
Huzur said it were the prayers of
one who had completely absorbed
himself in Allah that brought about
a revolution in the world. The Holy
Prophet sa established a blessed
model that triumph of Islam is not,
and indeed should not be, with
the Jalsa; Burkina Faso, the Congo,
Liberia, Ivory Coast, Guinea and the
Gambia. Each of these countries
does not have resources in terms
of numbers and indeed funds
that would facilitate taking the
banner of Islam all over the
world However, we have the
power which was given to all the
Prophets of God by the God Who is
the Lord of the heavens and the earth
and Who has sent the Promised
Messiah as like the other Prophets
but in subordination of the Holy
Prophet sa , and who was given
the task to present the beautiful
any worldly power that we can
maintain that we will be triumphant
over the world. In any case, Huzur
added, religion has never spread
with wealth and might.
Those who raise objections against
Islam say that, God forbid, Islam
spread through force. This is a
completely incorrect, erroneous
allegation. What kind of worldly
power or might was there in the
battle of Badr, the battle of Uhad or
the battle of Ahzab? Indeed, neither
was there any proper apparatus
for warfare nor was there enough
might, but with prayers. Might can
win one territories but not hearts.
Addressing the Jalsa Huzur said
they have to win over the hearts of
their countrymen so that they may
be offered to Allah. For this, Huzur
said, first and foremost one has to
make oneself worthy of it by being
regular in Salat and prayers.
Huzur said this year in which we
are commemorating the centenary
jubilee of a hundred years of
Khilafat, what is this jubilee about?
Is it about feeling contended that
we are celebrating the jubilee
Guidance from Hadrat Khalifatul Masih V aa 4